The 100th anniversary of the First World War is now finished but the records will continue to be preserved at the Archives and accessible to current and future generations who want to know more about the time period. In addition, this blog will remain on our website as an additional resource.

2015 Blog Posts

January 2015

•   5 January: Thanks for the “Flours”
• 12 January: The S.S. Nascopie
• 19 January: Presentation of Badges at Winnipeg City Hall
• 26 January: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage

February 2015

•   2 February: Patriotic Funders: A Helping Hand from the R.M. of Roblin
•   9 February: The S.S. Nascopie – Captain Mack
• 17 February: Life – and Lice – in the Trenches
• 23 February: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage: the Political Equality League

March 2015

•   2 March: Smellie of the Nascopie
•   9 March: Alarm Clocks, Underwear and Everything in Between
• 16 March: The Manitoba Legislative Building: Photographing a Work in Progress

April 2015

• 22 April: Keeping a Diary in the Trenches
• 27 April: Hudson's Bay Company & Cable Communications

May 2015

•   4 May: British Empire Army Certificate of Identity for Civilians Wearing the Red Cross Brassard
• 12 May: “On Active Service”: First World War letters at the Archives of Manitoba
• 19 May: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage: The Political Equality League and the New Premier Arrange to Meet
• 25 May: Quiet on the Home Front

June 2015

•   1 June: The 6^th Battalion “Fort Garry Horse”
•   8 June: “Whiz bangs”: Field Service Post Cards
• 15 June: The Beginnings of the S.S. Nascopie
• 22 June: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage: The Members of the Roaring River Political Equality League Inform the New Premier of their Disappointment
• 29 June: Partial Index of Manitoba Soldiers Killed in the First World War

July 2015

•   6 July: Political and Social Commentary in Letters from Home
• 13 July: First World War Letters Online!
• 20 July: Postcards sent during the First World War
• 27 July: Vimy Ridge Pilgrimage

August 2015

•   4 August: A Day in the Conservation Lab: Stabilizing Brittle Papers from 100 Years Ago
• 10 August: First World War Ration Booklet
• 17 August: Intelligence-Gathering at Sea
• 24 August: 28^th Battalion Leave for the Front
• 31 August: Back to School, 1915

September 2015

•   8 September: Vessels of War
• 14 September: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage: Sigurvon, the Gimli Suffrage Association
• 21 September: New First World War Records at the Archives of Manitoba
• 28 September: Private Letters in Corporate Records

October 2015

•   5 October: Manitoba's War Effort Takes Flight
• 13 October: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage: “How the Vote Was Won”
• 19 October: Hudson's Bay Company’s General Court and the Victoria Cross
• 26 October: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage: The Political Equality League Constitution, 1914

November 2015

•   2 November: The First World War in Letters: a public event at the Archives
•   9 November: Remembering the First World War at the Archives of Manitoba
• 16 November: Nellie McClung “…that greatest of all Western women…”
• 23 November: HBCA Search Tools – Ships Histories
• 30 November: Discovering the Discovery

December 2015

•   7 December: “In Flanders Fields”
• 14 December: Christmas Greetings from the Canadian Machine Gun School
• 21 December: Christmas in the Wards
• 29 December: Counting Down to the 100^th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage: the Political Equality League Presents a Petition of Almost 40,000 Signatures to the Executive Council